Comments on: The Island Abstains https://groundviews.org/2012/02/17/the-island-abstains/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-island-abstains Journalism for Citizens Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:38:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.1 By: sabbe laban https://groundviews.org/2012/02/17/the-island-abstains/#comment-41837 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:38:34 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=8623#comment-41837 Indran

Your ‘unbiased’ mind doesn’t see that China & Russia have the same right in preserving their interests as the US has in vetoing every resolution against Israel!

Others who commented too suffer from the same colour-blindness!

]]> By: Indran Amirthanayagam https://groundviews.org/2012/02/17/the-island-abstains/#comment-41802 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:02:21 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=8623#comment-41802 In reply to eureka.

I will look for those books, thanks. As for Wael Ghonim we should send him a link to Groundviews. Best Indran

]]> By: eureka https://groundviews.org/2012/02/17/the-island-abstains/#comment-41750 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:53:56 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=8623#comment-41750 Groundviews and Indran
Please bring Wael Ghonim into this space.

]]> By: eureka https://groundviews.org/2012/02/17/the-island-abstains/#comment-41737 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:57:03 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=8623#comment-41737 Indran

Please consider writing poems on:

Books by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen:
‘The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian Culture, History and Identity’(2005) and ‘Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny’(2006).

]]> By: eureka https://groundviews.org/2012/02/17/the-island-abstains/#comment-41736 Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:48:48 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=8623#comment-41736 In reply to Dilkusha Joseph.

South-South cooperation ?

]]> By: Indran Amirthanayagam https://groundviews.org/2012/02/17/the-island-abstains/#comment-41725 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:20:54 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=8623#comment-41725 In reply to Dilkusha Joseph.

Thanks. Worth noting also the 12 countries who rejected the resolution, which included China, Russia, North Korea, Iran and Venezuela. Don’t have the complete list at hand. Best Indran

]]> By: Dilkusha Joseph https://groundviews.org/2012/02/17/the-island-abstains/#comment-41721 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:04:45 +0000 http://groundviews.org/?p=8623#comment-41721 So well expressed ! Made me curious to examine what other countries abstained from voting against such horrific violence. Here goes
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Here are the 17 countries who abstained from voting on the resolution today: Lebanon, Algeria, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Suriname, St Vincent, Tuvalu, Uganda, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Tanzania, Angola, Armenia, Fiji, Comores and Cameroon.

Three countries were unable to vote due to technical difficulties.
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